K2 is considered the most dangerous mountain on Earth, not because of its height, but because of how unforgiving it is.

K2 (8,611 meters/28,251 feet), or "Chogori," is the world's second highest mountain, after Everest (8,048 meters). Unlike Everest and the eight other highest mountains on Earth, K2 is not located in ...

On July 27, more than 150 people tried to summit K2 as a man lay dying in their path. Footage from the mountain would later shock the world when it showed climbers walking past him. But Insider's ...

Mt. Everest is the world's tallest peak. But some mountaineers, like Garrett Madison, say it isn't the hardest to climb. Hundreds of people summit Mt. Everest each year, and you don't need to be an ...

At the end of July, Ang D Sherpa, the owner of Sonoma Taxi, flew back to his home in Nepal and embarked on a major adventure: summiting K2 alongside three of his brothers. After nearly 40 days, they ...

A Chinese climber has died after being struck by falling rocks while descending K2 in northern Pakistan, a day after she summited the peak. Authorities are working to recover the body of Guan Jing, ...

Spanish mountaineer Sergi Mingote has died while climbing K2, the world's second highest summit, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced Saturday. "Sad death of Sergi Mingote at K2," Sanchez ...

GILGIT-BALTISTAN, (ANI) – K2, the second-highest mountain on the planet after Mount Everest, has become a ‘garbage mountain’ as a mound of trash has piled up, raising environmental concerns. The scene ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A woman from Pakistan and another from Iran appeared to be the first from their countries to scale K2 on Friday, the world's second-highest mountain and one of the most dangerous ...